In both cases, the suspect was charged with felony assault, punishable by up to seven years in state prison.

Romeo Williams, 18, was charged in the attack on James Gifford, though charges could be upgraded later after the case is presented to a grand jury, authorities said. Apriel Taylor, 29, was charged in the frying pan incident. She also faces criminal possession of a weapon, for the frying pan.

But despite the recent news, assaults are actually down nearly 20 percent from a year ago, both in the city and suburbs, the database shows.

There have been 606 assaults this year up to Sept. 15, with 485 in the city and 121 in the suburbs. That's compared to 750 assaults a year ago for the same period, with 584 in the city and 166 in the suburbs. This year is also down from 2011, when there were 701 assaults to this point.

In the last week reported in the database, Sept. 9 to 15, there were 29 assaults, with 24 in the city and five in the suburbs, the database showed. The assaults from last weekend are not yet noted in the database.

Crimes investigated by state police are not included in this database. Their territory includes part of southern Onondaga County. Troopers operate on a different computer system that crosses county lines. At this time, that system is not compatible with the database used by the rest of the county.

The Reported Crimes database does not include every serious crime, but provides a snapshot of crime in the Syracuse area. Many departments take several days to several weeks to compile their reports. The crime statistics are updated weekly back to Jan. 1 of this year.